Five Lessons the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Stopping Child Marriages
While the issue of child marriages has come to prominence in Europe since the 2015 migrant crisis, it has recently made headlines in the U.S. after the Associated Press uncovered more than 8,000 cases of the American immigration system being used to attempt to facilitate marriages between adults and children.
The Associated Press published findings Friday that suggested both the U.S.’s immigration system and marriage laws are enabling child marriages and the resulting sexual abuse of migrant minors in the country.
According to ten years of data compiled by the Senate Homeland Security Committee in 2017 requested by the wire service, 5,556 adults petitioned for minor spouses, in one case a 49-year-old man sought to bring in a 15-year-old girl.
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Mass Migration and Refugee Programmes: Opening the Door to Cultures that Accept Child Marriages
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Activists May Use Marriage or ‘Human Rights’ Law to Undermine Child Protection
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Political Correctness Failing to Prevent Child Marriage Being Culturally Embedded into Parallel Societies
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Cultural Leaders Giving Credence to Child Marriages
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Laws Are Not Enough — They Have to Be Thoroughly Enforced
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